Golem

Golem

Image

Screenshot of Golem. The upper left corner shows the pager, which
covers two workspaces, each consisting of a desktop two screens wide.
The upper right shows program launchers in a dock-like arrangement,
and the lower left shows xeyes and xclock docked. Over the terminal
is the default menu (which is pulled up with a right-click on the
desktop).

I used version 0.0.5 from April 2002. This was the most recent version
in September 2003.

Documentation

What there is is quite good, but it's wholly inadequate.

Themes

Very themeable.

Discussion

Golem is (or was?) a very ambitious project. It's very themeable, it
supports dock apps, it has a launcher, a menu system, virtual desktops
and workspaces ... But no new version since April 2002 and some
problems with the existing version. Mostly, the documentation is
inadequate. I would be sorely tempted to say "this is one to watch"
except that development appears to have ceased. Too bad.

Pros

Flexible appearance.

Cons

Bad documents. Quirky behaviour.

Community

There was some development and theme activity, but this seems to have
died away.